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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2001
Joseph H. Schulman, Santa Clarita, CA (US);
Yitzhak Zilberman, Santa Clarita, CA (US);
Lee J. Mandell, West Hills, CA (US);
Alfred E. Mann Foundation for Scientific Research, Valencia, CA (US);
Abstract
A system of implantable sensor/stimulation devices that is configured to communicate with a prosthetic device, e.g., an artificial limb, via a wireless communication link, preferably bidirectionally. By communicating between the implantable devices coupled to neural pathways within a man and motor/sensor interfaces in the prosthetic device, a machine, a man/machine interface is established to replace an absent limb. Systems of the present invention may extend to prosthetic devices, e.g., cranes or the like, that further extend the man/machine interface to allow a man to control a “large” remote piece of machinery directly via neural control.